MT5: Can Indicator Alert Me Without Related Chart Open?

Hi guys,

Hope the title makes sense.. I have an MT5 MACD indicator that has alerting functionality. But the alerts only work if I have the associated price chart open. If I switch to another window/chart, I am unable to receive alerts for the prior price chart. This means that I end up missing signals if I do not constantly have this window open.

The default MT5 price alerting can trigger regardless of which window/chart is open (in Toolbox), so I want to know if it is possible that indicators can behave in the same way (notify alert regardless of whether window/chart is open or not and maybe even add an entry in the toolbox alerts tab. Can this be coded if need be?

Any help really appreciated!

Hmm - Maybe I didn't explain clearly.

Q: Is it possible for an MT5 indicator loaded onto a chart (let's say GBPUSD), to still notify me via alerts even though I switch to another chart? This function is missing and would like to know that it's actually possible to code into the indi.

Thanks all!

That is a very good question ... can one of the MT4 wizzes please post a response?

I would also appreciate the answer for MT4 as well as I would really like to know the limitations of MT4

Thank you